BY WINNIE McCROY | After years of helicopter-related noise pollution safety concerns, elected officials in New York and across the nation are gaining critical velocity by attacking the problem from numerous angles. Legislation that would end sightseeing and commuter flights has New Yorkers cautiously optimistic. And on Manhattan’s West Side, eyes watered from wind and […]
On Monday, March 30, island residents who had better things to do than contemplate the origins of an enigmatic stone formation in England did what Americans do best: Improve on somebody else’s great idea, give it a clever name that references that idea, and stand in the middle of the street taking pictures. Yes, it […]
In This Week’s “THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA” Stargazing on the High Line / Community Board 4’s Full Board Meeting / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Hudson Guild Call for “Art Jam” Contributors / L.E.A.F. Flower Fest Stargazing on the High Line, Tuesdays Between Dusk and 9:45pm | Members of the Amateur Astronomers Association […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Canadian writer, director, and, yes, rocker Bruce McCulloch’s enduring sketch comedy characters cut to the bone because they swim so close to the surface. Over the course of our nearly 30-minute phone interview in advance of his June solo run in NYC, a number of McCulloch’s darkly shaded oddball creations reveal […]
SUNDAY, MAY 22, 7pm via ZOOM LEAPS (Limited Equity and Affordability at Penn South) Presents A Town Hall With The 75th Assembly District Democratic Candidates “This year,” the event organizers from LEAPS note, “voters in the 75th Assembly District will be electing a new State Assembly Member to represent Mid-Manhattan, Chelsea, and Penn South in Albany–for the […]
In This Week’s “THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA” Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Stargazing on the High Line / The 10th Precinct Community Council / The 10th Precinct Sector B Build the Block Meeting / / Hudson Guild Call for “Art Jam” Contributors / The Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea: Saturdays, 9am-2pm on the […]
TEXT AND PHOTOS BY PAMELA WOLFF | Saturday, May 14, there was a March from Brooklyn across the bridge to Foley Square in downtown Manhattan. Surrounded by the magnificent public buildings that tell us in limestone, “The true administration of justice is the firmest pillar of good government,” thousands of women, and not a few […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Giving good ideas their vote of confidence and the money to make it happen, the minds behind the recently reactivated West Side Community Fund (WSCF) have kept the name of the 2018-founded small business seed money initiative while expanding its coverage area and turning administrative tasks over to a longtime, Chelsea-based […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Spring wasn’t the only thing in the air last Sunday, when an event presented by Friends of Chelsea Green filled the mighty micropark with activity. Placed at well-spaced stations throughout the gated West 20th Street park, visitors could hear jazz and bluegrass from The Dennis Lichtman Trio; watch a craftsman from OMG […]
BY LYNN ELLSWORTH AND SAMUEL A. TURVEY, CO-COORDINATORS, EMPIRE STATION COALITION | What does it take to kill off bad ideas? Terrible idea number one: Amtrak, the MTA, and New Jersey Transit want to demolish a big chunk of the historic part of the Penn Station neighborhood via eminent domain, especially targeting the block south of the current station. […]